'More Ships - Come on!' War Savings are Warships
A bulldog in a sailor's cap lettered 'H.M.S. Victory' speaks 'More ships - come on!' above the line 'War Savings are Warships'. The bulldog, a national emblem, and the Nelson flagship's name carry the prestige of the Navy over to buying savings certificates.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- National Savings Committee, London; Scottish Savings Committee, Edinburgh; Ulster Savings Committee, Belfast (printed for HMSO by J. Weiner Ltd)
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- Economy and finance, War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (UK Crown copyright, 50 years from publication, expired before 1996; no URAA restoration)
National Savings Committee; printed for HMSO by J. Weiner Ltd, c. 1939-1945. National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-287 (NAID 44266787).
Text on the object
MORE SHIPS- Come on! H.M.S. VICTORY WAR SAVINGS are Warships . . . W.F.P. 1/2 - Issued by the National Savings Committee, London; Scottish Savings Committee, Edinburgh; Ulster Savings Committee, Belfast. Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by J. Weiner Ltd., London, W.C.1. 51-1012
